pefty Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 This fossil was dug up fishing recently in Kankakee County, Illinois, where the bedrock is Silurian, but this fossil would have to be Pleistocene. Any help with ID is appreciated. I do not have possession so these are the only photos I have. If you provide an ID, please provide your reasoning. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 It reminds me more of a claw core. But I am no expert. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Its a cool rock in the shape of what looks like a tusk. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Unfortunately, these pictures aren't the best. Quite blurry when blown up. From the photos provided, I am leaning toward's geologic on this, as well. I can't make out any enamel, schreger lines, or bone texture. Pictures of all sides, taken from directly above, in daylight rather than indoors, would be the best conditions for photographing the specimen. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 The exfoliated cortex has let go like ivory, but the rest of the details don’t align with ivory for me, bssed on these pics alone. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I am strongly reminded of a limonite concretion. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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